Generation Bio Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Second quarter 2023 cash balance of $314.1 million expected to fund operations into 2025
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Aug. 2, 2023 -- Generation Bio Co. (Nasdaq: GBIO), a biotechnology company innovating genetic medicines for people living with rare and prevalent diseases, reported business highlights and second quarter 2023 financial results.
“We continue to make encouraging progress in the development of our cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle (ctLNP) technology, which is a unique, highly specific, non-viral genetic medicine delivery system for nucleic acid cargoes targeted to the liver as well as non-liver tissues,” said Geoff McDonough, M.D., chief executive officer of Generation Bio. “For the remainder of the year, we are focused on demonstrating Factor VIII expression in non-human primates for our hemophilia A program as well as continued development of in-vivo targeting to immune cells with our stealth ctLNPs. These achievements are important for demonstrating our platform’s potential to enable a deep pipeline of hepatic programs and broad portfolios of extrahepatic programs.”
Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results
| ● | Cash Position: Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $314.1 million as of June 30, 2023, compared to $279.1 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022. The company continues to believe that its cash position will fund its operating plan into 2025. |
| ● | R&D Expenses: Research and development (R&D) expenses were $21.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to $28.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. |
| ● | G&A Expenses: General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $13.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to $10.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. |
| ● | Net Loss: Net loss was $31.1 million, or $0.47 basic and diluted net loss per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to a net loss of $37.9 million, or $0.66 basic and diluted net loss per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. |
About Generation Bio
Generation Bio is innovating genetic medicines to provide durable, redosable treatments for people living with rare and prevalent diseases. The company’s non-viral genetic medicine platform incorporates a novel DNA construct called closed-ended DNA, or ceDNA; a unique cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery system, or ctLNP; and a highly scalable capsid-free manufacturing process that uses proprietary cell-free rapid enzymatic synthesis, or RES, to produce ceDNA. The platform is designed to enable multi-year durability from a single dose, to deliver large genetic payloads, including multiple genes, to specific tissues and cell types, and to